Structural properties of hydrophilic polymeric chains bearing covalently-linked hydrophobic substituents: Exploring the effects of chain length, fractional loading and hydrophobic interaction strength with coarse grained potentials and Monte Carlo simulations

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3582-3589

  Mella, Massimo ^a,b   Izzo, Lorella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic substituents; Monte Carlo simulations; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; POLYMERS;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE-GRAINED POTENTIAL; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTITUENTS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

APPEARANCE; BENDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBILITY; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTY; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; LOOP; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT; STIFFNESS;

EID: 77954174223     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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